Roots
IrishCentral’s repository of everything to do with your Irish roots – from Irish history, your ancestors, your Irish name, to ancient myth, legend and folklore.
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Most read
- 1 Irish DNA map reveals Vikings left a far deeper mark on Ireland than thought
- 2 Arthur Guinness was born 301 years ago and his 9,000 year lease runs on
- 3 Find out the meaning behind your Irish surname - Part I
- 4 Irish birth, marriage and death records going back to 1864 are free to search online
- 5 Eat the biscuits and say you're "grand", the unwritten rules of Irish hospitality
- 6 Ireland's Famine Black '47: A tragic chapter in Irish history
- 7 Stewed-pear, cinnamon, and sweetened pecans Irish porridge recipe
- 8 On This Day: John Devoy, the last active Fenian, died in New York 98 years ago
- 9 Remembering Larry Cunningham, the Longford farmer who became king of the showbands
History
On This Day: John Devoy, the last active Fenian, died in New York 98 years ago
On This Day: A million people packed Phoenix Park the day Pope John Paul II came to Ireland
Ireland's Famine Black '47: A tragic chapter in Irish history
New TG4 documentary follows Northern Ireland's 'ceasefire babies' as they turn 30
Arthur Guinness was born 301 years ago and his 9,000 year lease runs on
Genealogy
